Jean Douchet’s lavishly illustrated coffee-table book, French New Wave, is an eye-popping tribute to the movement that gained worldwide prominence…
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Last Things is an ambitious novel that touches on big themes – the poetry of science and physics; our millennial…
An opening blast of brass for "Million Dollar Secret" lets you know instantly that swing rules with the Johnny Nocturne…
First things first: this album’s title, The Big Black, has absolutely nothing to do with Steve Albini’s noise- and rage-fueled…
Editors note: The Winter, 1997 issue of Scenario magazine contains the complete screenplay of The Sweet Hereafter, a lengthy interview…
An unjustly neglected figure in American political history, Henry A. Wallace (1888-1965) is usually remembered—if at all—in vague terms, as…
Sharon O’Connor’s Bistro is an ambitious and engaging cookbook that covers all the bases with enthusiasm, charm and an acknowledged…
The Color Red is a young, up-and-coming rock band whose songs are melodic enough for easy listener access (that is,…
California Poppy 25X Resin Extract California Poppy has the reputation of being a non-addictive alternative to the opium poppy, though…
The last few years has seen something of an explosion in the release of recordings by relatively young and little…
In his best writing, David Sedaris suggests a visiting anthropologist from a distant galaxy or some future civilization, observing and…
Kim Nalley has been a fixture on the San Francisco music scene for the best part of a decade and…
Novelist Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995) is receiving some well-deserved media attention these days thanks to Anthony Minghella’s opulent Hollywood version of…
Bob Zmuda’s memoir Andy Kaufman Revealed! is both invaluable and exasperating. As Kaufman’s writer and fellow provocateur, Zmuda was involved…